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(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board is opening on Wednesday, Nov. 18, eight additional routes for traditional public utility jeepneys in Metro Manila. The LTFRB said the following are the additional routes, according to Memorandum Circular (MC) 2020-073. • T181 Evergreen Subdivision – Bagong Silang/Evergreen Subdivision – Philcoa • T3189 MCU – Recto via F. Huetias, Oroquieta • T3190 Pier South – Project 6 via España • T3191 Pier South – Project 8 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government is nearing its target of hiring 50,000 contact tracers to help in the country’s fight against COVID-19. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said 46,338 are now “embedded” in localities, while the remaining will be hired this week. According to Año, the National Capital Region, as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, got the most number of contact tracers with 7,362. Metro […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Arsenal reinforced their commitment to tackling climate change by becoming the first Premier League club to sign up to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework on Monday. Arsenal join among others the International Olympic Committee, FIFA and English football’s governing body the Football Association in signing up to the initiative. It aims to bring together the global sports community with a commitment to align with the goals of the […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States’ top infectious disease scientist on Monday hailed early results from Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial as “stunningly impressive,” calling the findings an emphatic validation of experimental mRNA technology that some had doubted. “I must admit that I would have been satisfied with 70 or at the most 75 percent efficacy,” he told AFP. “The idea that we have a 94.5 percent effective vaccine is stunningly […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The coronavirus vaccine being developed by Sanofi won’t need to be super-cooled and a normal refrigerator will suffice, the Paris-based drugmaker’s France chief Olivier Bogillot said Sunday. His comments came days after American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced that their vaccine had proven 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials involving more than 40,000 people. The companies said they expect to […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Dozens of companies, from biotech start-ups to Big Pharma, are racing to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, both to meet urgent medical need and for the potential payday. Here’s an update on the quest for a magic bullet against the coronavirus that has already killed more than a million people worldwide. How many in the pipeline? The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 42 “candidate vaccines” at the stage […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US has surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases, adding one million new cases in less than a week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The dizzying rise came as cities and states across the United States were implementing new restrictions to try to halt the spread of the virus, with stay-at-home orders set to be imposed on Chicago Monday. The US had crossed the 10 million case […]
by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a “catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane Monday, threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. Authorities had been rushing to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas of Nicaragua and Honduras, in the immediate path of the maximum-level hurricane. The storm had already left one person dead as it swept the […]
(Eagle News)–Six more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional cases, the tally rose to 11528. Recoveries rose to 7463 after the DFA reported two additional ones. One more death pushed the death toll to 831. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa region still has the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths, with 7518, 4648 and 546, respectively. The Americas have the least cases […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has expressed its condolences to Bahrain over the demise of its Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs, said his demise was a “great loss to Bahrain, the Middle East, and the international community.” “His Royal Highness was a model statesman and sage leader who will be remembered for his contributions to the development of modern-day Bahrain,” the DFA said. Prince Khalifa was […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Monday, Nov. 16, signed a memorandum of agreement with its private partners for the construction of EDSA Busway bridges with a concourse. The DOTr said the MOA was signed between SM Prime Holdings, D.M. Wesceslao and Associates Incorporated, and Double Dragon Properties Corporation. The department said the EDSA Busway bridges with concourse–which will be donated by the private partners— will be strategically located at the following locations: SM Mall […]
Easterlies affecting rest of PHL (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. PAGASA said as a result, the entire Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan including Kalayaan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies. Light to moderate winds, on the other hand, will prevail over Visayas, […]
